i sort of have an idea but not totall sure what it is. sorry if i sound stupid

down in Albion
they’re black and blue
but we don’t talk about that
are you from round here?
how do you do
I’d like to talk about that

talk over
gin in teacups and
leaves on the lawn
violence in bus stops
and pale thin girl with eyes forlorn

gin in teacups and
leaves on the lawn
violence in dole queue
and pale thin girl behind the checkout

but if you're looking for a cheap sort
glint with perspiration
there’s a four-mile queue outside the disused power station
now come away, wont you come away
we’ll go to Deptford, Digby, Tuebrook, anywhere
in Albion

yellowing classics and
canons at dawn
coffee wallows and pith helmets
and oh an English sun

but if you're looking for a cheap sort
that’s in false anticipation
it’ll be waiting in the photo booth at the railway station
ah come away, wont you come away
we’ll go to Watford, London fields, anywhere
but if you're looking for a cheap sort
that’s in false anticipation
it’ll be waiting in the photo booth at the underground station
ah come away, wont you come away
we’ll go to Watford, London fields, anywhere

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Albion - an archaic name for England or Great Britain; used poetically. The Libertines pledged to sail upon the rock'n'roll ideal of the Albion, a mythical ship, headed by Pete and Carl, a self-created romance drawing on an arch nostalgia for a certain indefinable quality of Englishness; British films and literature of the 1950s and 1960s, Hancock's Half Hour, Steptoe and Son, Chas and Dave and skiffle music. A ship en route to Arcadia, a never-never land where rock "means something".

Arcadia - a fictitious land and The Libertines' private world; a vision of England in which no one is tied to societal rules, and in which everyone is free to do as they wish.

Albion Rooms - the grandly named though, in fact, run-down Bethnal Green rental where Peter and Carl resided in the early days (112a Teesdale Street).
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ALBION:
1. Olde Language term for England, often used in poetry
2. Ship manned by the Libertines, on its way to Arcadia

ALBION ROOMS:
Residence of the Libertines, originally at 112a Teesdale street in Bethnal Green, London

ARCADIA:
1. Destination of the good ship Albion, can be wherever you want it to be
2. Region of ancient Greece whos inhabitants are iscolated from the rest of the civilised world and lived a idillic, serene, simple life.

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you find this at any libs fansite I guess;-)

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Carl, The Libertines:
"Albion is the medieval name from Britain, the land we're both from and we both have an obession with."

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-Julia-

yeah good discription

albion is one of the most beautiful words in the world!

Hm...The

Sorry! The most beautiful word in the english language.

i love that song. so beautiful.